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500 Francs Independence, French text
| Issuer | National Bank of Belgium |
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| Year | 1980 |
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| Engraver(s) | Paul Huybrechts |
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| Reverse lettering | 150 ANS D'INDEPENDANCE DE LA BELGIQUE 500F WBB PH (Translation: 150 years of independence of Belgium) |
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| Mintage | ND (1980) - Morin 802; Proof - 52,700 |
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Belgium issued bilingual commemorative coins in both French and Dutch versions throughout this period — a political necessity in a country where linguistic parity in official currency had become non-negotiable by law. The 1980 independence anniversary series marked 150 years since Belgium broke from the Kingdom of the Netherlands following the Brussels uprising of August 1830. The French-text version, catalogued separately from its Dutch counterpart, is the more commonly encountered of the two in practice, though both were struck in comparable numbers.